Heinz von Randow

Heinz von Randow (15 November 1890-21 December 1942) was a Generalmajor of the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Heinz von Randow was born in Grammow, Mecklenburg, German Empire on 15 November 1890, and he served in the Mecklenburgian Dragoon Regiment No. 18 in France and the Russian Empire during World War I. Randow became a Reichswehr captain in 1924, lieutenant-colonel in 1936, and colonel in 1938, and he commanded a Wehrmacht cavalry regiment during the 1939 invasion of Poland. He later commanded an infantry regiment during the Battle of France and a cavalry brigade during Operation Barbarossa, being promoted to Major-General in April 1942. In September 1942, he became commander of the 21st Panzer Division in North Africa, and he was killed by a landmine in Syrtis, Libya in December 1942.